A good word to describe Carmelo is nice. It was nice, not much more though to be honest. We walked around the historical center for the afternoon and headed back to the hostel wondering what else there is to do. We found out from some American women that that's about it. We slept in a large, uncomfortable dorm with not much stopping the bugs coming in. I covered myself in Hannahs insect repellent, hoping tht would be enough. Not so (possibly because the rep...

It is strange trying to recall what happened the day after I finished my last blog, but I´ll do my best. On Friday we spent most of the day lounging around in the park by a lake. Then when we left at about 8pm it started to fill up with hundreds and hundreds of people going for a jog or cycle. Back at the hostel we met some Icelandic guys who were also staying the hostel in Palermo. I spoke endlessly with 2 of them about all aspects of football, includin...

So, me and Hannah have been in Buenos Aires for 4 days now and have already started to love it. We arrived late on Monday night having been travelling for nearly 24 hours and barely sleeping. We got a taxi from the airport and agreed a price before with an old man who has lived in BA his whole life and seemed like a nice guy. When we arrived at the hostel he tried to charge us nearly 4 times what we agreed because he said he hadn´t included the tolls we went...